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A Manager’s Guide To Wireless
Hotspots — How To Take Advantage
Of Them While  Protecting The  Security 
Of Your Corporate Network

WHITE PAPER

Summary of Contents for WS5100 - Wireless Switch - Security Appliance

Page 1: ...A Manager s Guide To Wireless Hotspots How To Take Advantage Of Them While Protecting The Security Of Your Corporate Network WHITE PAPER ...

Page 2: ...es for business travelers who want to use hotspots The majority of corporate enterprises use Microsoft Windows so this paper assumes a Windows environment Windows 2000 and XP are set up by default to encourage information sharing and sharing information is the last thing you want to do at a public hotspot To that end you ll want to change the default settings to secure your employees computers IT ...

Page 3: ... 5 Run a firewall With a wireless hotspot a group of strangers are sharing the same IP subnet Odds are that most of these strangers have no ill intentions but they might unknowingly have malware or viruses on their computers Thus they might unknowingly infect the computers of those around them Installing and running firewall software will help to prevent successful attacks from both on and off the s...

Page 4: ... the right hand corner of your screen Click disable 4 WHITE PAPER A Manager s GuideTo Wireless Hotspots HowToTake Advantage OfThem While ProtectingThe Security OfYour Corporate Network Basic rules for business travelers who want to use hotspots Nobody wants to think of employees as intruders but they can be an unintentional threat to the network Alas there s always the chance that your employees h...

Page 5: ...eaning you can set aside one for guest access Some include the ability to support VLANs virtual logically independent networks which means you can support guests without compromising the corporate network Guest users can be provisioned on a separate VLAN keeping them completely isolated Motorola s RFS7000 WS5100 and WS2000 wireless switch and the AP 5131 Access Point support multiple SSIDs and mul...

Page 6: ...US Patent Trademark Office All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners Motorola Inc 2007 All rights reserved For system product or services availability and specific information within your country please contact your local Motorola office or Business Partner Specifications are subject to change without notice ...

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